A choice team of evaluator have chosen theWildlife lensman of the Year Awardsfrom London ’s Natural History Museum ( NHM ) , but now the crowd have spoken with their selection for the People ’s Choice Award : a blue kingfisher streaking into the water supply , take with split - second preciseness , at a pool in Salamanca , magnetic north - western Spain .
Spanish photographer Mario Cea was the winner of the People ’s Choice Award , after nearly 25,000 people voted for his image among 25 other images pre - selected by the NHM .
“ This picture took about five calendar month , 5,000 attempts and a huge amount of preparation to accomplish , ” said Mario . “ I observed this particular kingfisher for a farsighted clip and visited the location regularly for five month . The bird repeatedly hunted in the same spot several times – a little crease in a shallow pool with a high concentration of fish . My apprehension of the bird ’s lifelike behaviour and hunting routines was essential in achieving the shot . ”
" The incredible speed of the doll think of the drive is almost invisible to the human eye , so I had to utilize lighting to both sort out the image and stop dead effort , " he added . " I think one of the reasons masses like this picture is the tangible trail of lightness the skirt allow behind . "
His image will now bring together the other winners at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year expo at the Natural History Museum , which runs until September 10 , 2017 .
you’re able to see a full - size version of Mario ’s photograph , as well as the Overall Winner of the challenger by Tim Laman , below . Make certain you check outthe rest of this year ’s succeeder here .
Mario Cea / Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards
A Bornean Pongo pygmaeus climb up high up in Gunung Palung National Park . Tim Laman , from USA / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
